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á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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S. 8, 105. with direction determined by an adv. or prep. of movement Seó orþung þe wé in áteóð, Hml. S. I. 215. Þæt ic áteó þás hringan up of ðysum hlyde, 21, 66. Forþ átogene prolata (suspiria), An.

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 6. separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good Ðys is synderlíc lǽce*-*dóm wið eágena dymnysse, Lchdm. i. 178, 8. Synderlícere singulari, speciali, Hpt. Gl. 431, 23

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Mid Godes bletsunge with the blessing pronounced by the priest, 256, 7. Muneca gehwylc . . . geþence word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte, 306, 5.

ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor, ealdur, aldor; gen. ealdres; dat, ealdre; pl. nom. acc. ealdras; m. <b>I;</b> an

ELDER, parent, head of a family, author părens, paterfamilias, auctor an elder, chief, governor, prince sĕnior, præpŏsītus, princeps

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Ðæra byrla ealdor the chief butler. Gen. 40, 9. Cwæþ se Hǽlend to ðæs temples ealdrum dixit Iesus ad magistrātus templi, Lk. Bos. 22, 52 : C. R. Ben. 25. Ðæt wæs ealdor heora that was their chief, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 27; Sat. 373.

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige ... seó hreohnys byþ forboden if any one suffer stormy weather in rowing ... the rough weather will be stopped, Herb. 171, 3; Lchdm. i. 302. 5.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye, Shrn. 178, 2. Gewis is constat, Hpt. Gl. 419.

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sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Ne mǽg hine ǽnig onhréran ( non commovebitur ), ðe eardfæst byþ on Hierusalem, Ps. Th. 124, 1. Eall heofena mægen biþ onwended and onhréred, Blickl. Homl. 91, 28. of emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite Mægen wæs onhréred, Cd.

Linked entry: hréran

spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
spédig, adj.

having good speedprosperoushaving meanswealthyopulentrich in material wealthrich inabounding inabundantcopiouspowerfuluber, efficax, brevis

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Hé on eorðan byþ eádig and spédig potens in terra erit, Ps. Th. 111, 2. Se sunu wæs sigorfæst, mihtig and spédig, Rood Kmbl. 299; Kr. 151. Mægena God, milde and spédig Deus virtutum, Ps. Th. 79, 14. Dǽdum spédig, 67, 18: 104, 7

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Th. 132, 56; By. 37

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, es; n. l. e; f., but also gen. andlifenes, acc. ondlifen,
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Seó eá mǽst eall genom þæt binnan þǽre byrg wæs þǽra monna ondliefene, Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 19. Gode þancie hé his dæghwámlicre ondlyfene, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 7.

ge-þrǽstan

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S. 23 b, 537. the mind Gif þú gesihst éhtere þínne þearle wédende, wite þú þæt fram átendendum his deófle byþ geþrǽst ( ab accensore suo demone (p)urguetur ), Scint. 208, 4. to constrain, bind, confine Geþrǽst artatur, i. constringitur, An.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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Dæg byþ Drihtnes sond deóre mannum mǽre Metodes leóht day is the Lord's messenger (or message?) dear to men, God's glorious light, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 9; Rún. 24. On ðís ylcan geáre com ðæs Pápan sande (sand?)

Linked entries: sand sond

bǽdan

to urgepresscompelimpelto requireexact

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Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018. Hió unc bǽddan tó gemangum they urged us to marry, Shrn. 40, 29. Stinge finger on múð, bǽde tó spíwanne (cf. néde hine tó spíwanne), l. 17, Lch. ii. 286, 20.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116: Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 25 ; Rä. 31, 5. mode or manner,— According to, by means of; secundum, propter Æfter dóme ðínum gelíffæsta me secundum judicium tuum vivifica me, Ps. Lamb. 118, 149.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Mid woruldcundre steóre with punishment inflicted by the secular power, L. Eth. vi. 50; Th. i. 328, 3. Mid worldlícre steóre, ix. 15; Th. i. 344, 4: L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 18: Wulfst. 169, 8: 311, 16.

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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D. 190, 12. to ask for, try to find by inquiry, inquire for a person Se cásere hét geáxian ofer eall sumne æltǽwne drý, Hml. S. 14, 49. Wæs Apollonius gesóht and geácsod, ac hé wæs náhwár fundon, Ap.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Th. i. 54, 6. intrans. of motion, to come, go, the direction or destination being determined by adv. or prep. phrase, where the subject (material or non-material) acts Sibb iúer tó iúh eft gewoendas( reuertatur ), Mt. L. 10, 13.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.

hogian

(v.)
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ꝥ ꝥ ofer byð ic hohgie gedélan, Solil. H. 35, 19. Snytrian hog[iað], menegiaþ philosophari decreuimus An. Ox. 5393. Hogode molirelur (euertere ), 3446. Wæccum hoga geþeódan fæstenu uigiliis stude copu-lare ieiunia Scint. 55, 10.